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Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Plectranthias: Greek, plektron = anyhting to strike with, spur + Greek, anthias = a fish, Sparus aurata (Ref. 45335); cruentus: Name from Latin meaning stained or spotted with blood, referring to the bright red markings.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 77 - 89 m (Ref. 123579). Temperate
Southwest Pacific: Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123579)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D X,16-17, fifth or sixth spine longest; pectoral rays 13, at least some middle rays branched, upper 5 or more unbranched; predorsal scales extending forward only up to supratemporal commissure. Colouration distinct with the dorsal and lateral body bright orange, becoming yellow-orange ventrally, crossed by narrow, red-edged pink oblique bars, which extend along base of anal fin, the posterior part of caudal peduncle with broad orange-red bar, caudal fin yellow (Ref. 123579).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Gill, A.C., J.J. Pogonoski, G.I. Moore and J.W. Johnson, 2021. Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4918(1):1-116. (Ref. 123579)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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